Telegram-herald., 1887-06-20

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beaxhs sy sle fiasa q the sea of God.
VII you leipp whiie Ckrist eFies fron the
heesens. Save thsn fsons gsing dorn, /
an the saRsoEa
stopped oa lac street and Just looksd
AZ the facs pe oiae II ESoss ntEie ones.
Have yoa ever examinsd tie faces of TIE
neslectssi el4ildEen u the peoxf O4Aer
ehil1Eea have gls1aess IA their LseSs-
When = groue Of them rush across tie
read, II seeEas as theugh = spring gust
hef unloosened al orchard q apple hlcs-
sonas. Bat these ehilareB u tie poor.
There - but hstle r1ng IA shs1r lsughters
and lt steps qnhek. as though some bitter
memory lyipped iC Tley have an old
walk They DO not skip or ran On the
lumber just for TIA pleasure of lesptng
Gown They never bzthed IA the noun
tain stream. They never waded in the
brock fer pebbles. They never chased
The butterfly across the lawn, putting
thslr hat right down where II WAS just
before Childhood has been dashed
cat u them. Want waved It's wizard
wand above the manger OF their
birth, and wlthered leaves ara
lying where God intended budding giant
os battle. Once in while one OF these
cidizlrsn gets ont. Here IS one, for in
stance. AT 10 years OF age ne Is sent out
By his parents, who say 10 him: Here il
basket; now go OF and beg and steal |"
The boy says: Il can't steal F" They kick
him into corner. That night he puts
his swollen head into the straw, but q
voice comes from heaven, saying: "Cour-
age, poor boy, courager' Covering up his
head fpom the bestiality, and stopping his
ears from the eursing. he gets on up
batter and better. He washes his face
clean at the public hydrant. With
q few pennies got at running errands
he gets better coat Rough men,
knowing that he comes from low
street, say: Back with you, you little
villain, 70 the place where you came
from" But that night the boz says:
s'God help me, can't 60 back" and
quicker than ever mother few at the cry
OF child's pain, the Lord responds from
the heavens: Courage, poor boy, cour-
age" Ills bright face gefs him posi-
ton. After while he is seconS clerk
Years pass on, and he is first clerk.
Years pass on. The glory OF young man.
hood Is on him. lie comes into the firm
He goes on from one business success 10
another. He has achieved great fortune.
He is the friend OF the church OF God, the
friend OF all good institutions, and one
IL f< ri of
trade or to the chamber OF commerce.
People say: "Do you know who that isg
Why. that Is o merchant prince, and he
was horn on Elm street" But God says
in regard 10 him something better than
that: These are they which came out Of
great trsbulation, and had their robes
washed and made white in the blood Of
the Lamb" Oh, for some one to write
tho history Of boy heroes and girl heroines
who have triumphed over want and star
walton, and filth and pags. Yea, the
record has already been made, made by
( the hand Of God; and when these shall
come at last with songs and rejoicing, it
win take very broad banner to hold the
names of all the battlefields on which they
got the victory.
Some years ego a roughly clad, ragged
York and said: ..sir. Talmage, lend me
So" Ny brother said: ''Who are your"
The boy replied: ~ am nobody. Lend
me s5." 'sWhat do you want 10 do with
$5s'' 'swell," the boy replied. ''my
mother Is sick and poor and l want to so
into the newspaper business, and shall
get home for her and / viii pay you
back" Ny brother gave him the s., of
course never expecting 10 see it again; but
he said: 'sWhen will you pay itY' The
. boy said: 81 will pay it in six months,
sir" Time went by, and one day lad
came into my brothers. Office and said:
There's your 95n 'What DO you
means What S5sr inquired my brother.
ssDon't you remember that boy came in
here six months ago and wanted to bor-
row s. TO go into the newspaper busi-
ness" ''Oh. yes, / remember; are you
the ladsr Yes he replied, II have got
along nicely. have got nice home for
my mother ishe is sick yet and / am as
well clothed as you are, and there's your
s5." Oh, was he not worth saving? Why,
that lad Is worth fifty such boys as have
sometimes seen moving in elegant circles,
never put to any use for God or man.
Worth savinCl ! 90 farther that that
and tell you they are not only worth saw
ing but they are being saved. One of
these lads picked up from our streets and
sent west by benevolent society wrote
cast, saying: II ern getting along first
rate. / am on probation in the Methodist
/ church. | shall bc entered rs a
member the 1st Of next month. I now
teach q Sunday school class Of eleven
boys. get along first rate with It. This
IA c splendid couDtry to make living in.
II the boys running around the street with
k a backing box on their shoulder, or a
bundle Of papers under their arms. only
knew what high old times we boys have
ont here. they wouldn't hesitate about
coming west. bat come the first chance
they got" So some by one humane and
Christian visitation, and some by another,
are being rescued. In one reform school,
/ through which 2,000 Of the little ones
2assed, 1895 turned out well In other
words, only five of the 1000 turned out
/ badly. There are thousands OF them who,
through Christian societies, have been
transpIanted 70 beautiful homes all over
this land. and there are msny who.
through the rich grace OF our LORI, Jesus
F! Christ, have already won the crown A
little girl was found IN the streets Of Bal
ti1nore end taken into one Of the reform
societies, and they said 20 her: What IL
your naTres'' She said: MY name il
Mary" What IL your other nanes'' She
said: ct don't know" So they took her
into the reform society, and es they did
not know her last name they always
called her Nary Lost" since she had
been picked mp ont Of the street. Bat she
grew on, and after awhile the HclS Spirit
came 70 her heart, aud she becarne a
Christian child, and she changed her
name, and when anybody asked her
what her name was she said; ia used
to be Mary Lost; but now. since i
have become q Christian, IL II Mary